About Activities

The Health and Medicine Division (HMD) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine undertakes many different types of activities, all aimed at improving health. Each activity brings together experts and stakeholders who provide the nation with guidance on health-related issues.View our current activities and recent publications as a PDF.

Cognitive, affective, and behavioral disorders incur high psychosocial and economic costs for the young people who experience them, for their families, and for the communities in which they live, study, and will work. The Forum on Promoting...

An IOM-NRC committee will examine, synthesize, and analyze the science on children’s health, development, and learning from birth to age 8 in order to issue recommendations for preparing a workforce that can seamlessly support children’s health,...

At the request of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is planning to hold a 2 to 3 day public workshop to explore the merits and potential uses of a set of national nutrition education curriculum standards and...

An IOM committee will conduct a study on sports-related concussions in youth from elementary school through young adulthood, including military personnel and their dependents. The committee will review the available literature on concussions,...

The Institute of Medicine will convene a standing committee for the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The standing committee will discuss issues related to research on credentialing of nurses and organizations including short- and long-term...

The Global Forum is an ongoing, convening activity of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that brings together stakeholders from multiple nations and professions to network, discuss and illuminate issues within health...